Varoom is the UK’s leading illustration magazine with an international view of contemporary practice and industry.Published annually by the AOI, edited by Olivia Ahmad and designed by Fraser Muggeridge studio. Issue 42 – Intimacy available to order here.
The Intimacy issue highlights new work that explores ideas of intimacy, connections with our identities and what surrounds us
Athena Paginton, a makeup artist living and working in London, is broadening the definition of illustration with her makeup brush
Joanna Spicer captures the animation of her twin babies in a remarkable record without sentimentality
In a time of isolation and distance, Sophi Miyoko Gullbrants has been seeking warmth and encouraging us to connect
Hannah Buckman tells us about creating the Intimacy issue cover illustration from sketch to final artwork
iTristan Manco investigates how masks have taken on new layers of psychological and sociological meaning.
Olivia Ahmad talks to illustrator Charlotte Ager and animator Katy Wang on their work with On Being’s Poetry Films series
Laura Carlin reveals the process behind her wellbeing for children book with Bronwen Ballard, Your Mind Is Like The Sky